Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis Flashcards
_____ is the systematic evaluation and measurement of psychological, biological, and social factors in an individual presenting with a possible psychological disorder
Clinical assessment
_____ is the systematic evaluation and measurement of psychological, biological, and social factors in an individual presenting with a possible psychological disorder
Clinical assessment
_____ is the process of determining whether the particular problem afflicting the individual meets all criteria for a psychological disorder, as set forth in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-5.
Diagnosis
_____ refers to the feeling state that accompanies what we say at a given point. Usually our affect is “appropriate”; that is, we laugh when we say something funny or look sad when we talk about something sad.
Affect
The first neuroimaging technique, developed in the early 1970s, uses multiple X-ray exposures of the brain from different angles;
This procedure, which takes about 15 minutes, is called a computerized axial tomography _____ or CT scan. This gives an image of the brain structure.
(CAT) scan
Several more recently developed procedures give greater resolution (specificity and accuracy) than a CT scan without the inherent risks of X-ray tests. A now commonly used scanning technique is called nuclear _____.
to produce detailed pictures of the inside of your body. It may be used to help diagnose or monitor treatment for a variety of conditions within the chest, abdomen, and pelvis.
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Subjects undergoing a _____ scan are injected with a tracer substance attached to radioactive isotopes, or groups of atoms that react distinctively. This substance interacts with blood, oxygen, or glucose.
help reveal the metabolic or biochemical function of your tissues and organs.
positron emission tomography (PET)
A second procedure used to assess brain functioning is called _____. It works much like PET, less expensive, less accurate.
single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).
_____ procedures have largely replaced PET scans in the leading brain-imaging centers because they allow researchers to see the immediate response of the brain to a brief event, such as seeing a new face.
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
In an _____, electrodes are placed directly on various places on the scalp to record the different low-voltage currents.
test that detects abnormalities in your brain waves, or in the electrical activity of your brain.
electroencephalogram (EEG)
If we want to determine what is unique about an individual’s personality, cultural background, or circumstances, we use what is known as an _____.
idiographic strategy
But to take advantage of the information already accumulated on a particular problem or disorder, we must be able to determine a general class of problems to which the presenting problem belongs. This is known as a _____.
nomothetic strategy
The term _____ itself is broad, referring simply to any effort to construct groups or categories and to assign objects or people to these categories on the basis of their shared attributes or relations—a nomothetic strategy.
classification
If the classification is in a scientific context, it is most often called _____, which is the classification of entities for scientific purposes, such as insects, rocks, or—if the subject is psychology—behaviors.
taxonomy
If you apply a taxonomic system to psychological or medical phenomena or other clinical areas, you use the word _____. All diagnostic systems used in healthcare settings, such as those for infectious diseases, are nosological systems.
nosology
